CarolandFamily Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 Hi everyone Tina gives our babies sprouts and shared with me a website to get them BUT the starter kit is 80.00 bucks!:ohmy: lol does anyone make sprouts? I know we have a local store that sells beans and Garbanzo , pop corn kerneks etc... Does anyone have a CHEAPER way to making sprouts? Post edited by: CarolandFamily, at: 2009/05/06 23:51<br><br>Post edited by: CarolandFamily, at: 2009/05/07 03:15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myafricanqueen Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 I got this from my book " for the love of greys" by Bobbi Brinker. GREAT BOOK! http://www.birdsnways.com/wisdom/ww2e.htm#iii I use her method. Cristen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarolandFamily Posted May 7, 2009 Author Share Posted May 7, 2009 Whoo whooo Thank You Cristen! Karma to you! I am going to print it out lol Thank You Thank You!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myafricanqueen Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 YOU ARE MOST WELCOME! I think it's great that you are makin your babies sprouts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
judygram Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 You don't need fancy equipment to sprout seeds, really a mason jar is the basic necessity but it seems like there is always someone who markets some fancy contraption at a fancy price to do a simple task. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myafricanqueen Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 Yeah for sure any jar will do as long as it is clean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarolandFamily Posted May 7, 2009 Author Share Posted May 7, 2009 Thanks Ladies that's what I was thinking too I was like {Emotions-0002007D} are they serious 80.00 bucks??? lol I said there has got to be a cheaper way. I don't mind buying for my babies BUT come on I have to use some common sense lol<br><br>Post edited by: CarolandFamily, at: 2009/05/07 00:24 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
judygram Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 Tell you one thing Carol, I would love to see an $80 sprouter, do you think you could get a pic of one and share it so we can see what $80 buys? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarolandFamily Posted May 7, 2009 Author Share Posted May 7, 2009 <br><br>Post edited by: CarolandFamily, at: 2009/05/07 01:40 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orphan1965 Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 I have used the plastic containers that strawberries and other berries have come in. They have slits on the bottom and drain water well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarolandFamily Posted May 7, 2009 Author Share Posted May 7, 2009 Ohhh That's a good idea and it is strawberry season too! Thank You Orphan Karma to you too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
judygram Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 Yep those will work nicely also, I am looking forward to strawberry season as we have a new patch of them my hubby planted last year, I am so ready for some that are not hard as a rock with no flavor. Probably later this month I will be in strawberry shortcake, strawberry pie, strawberry ice cream, yummy, darn now I have made myself hungry.:laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarolandFamily Posted May 7, 2009 Author Share Posted May 7, 2009 Lmaoooo and I am a waitress and we are STARTING to make Strawberry shortcakes with pound cake and starwberry syrup! Yummmmmmmmmmy!!<br><br>Post edited by: CarolandFamily, at: 2009/05/07 01:30 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fofaviary Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 Let me clear a few things up about chinaprairie's sprout kit. Yes, it's 80.00 for a starter kit. Here's what it includes: 1 3 jar sprout tower. Not needed really, but it is very convenient as you can stack 3 jars in it at a time - 1 soaking, 2 draining. I have mine stationed over my sink and it works like a charm without taking up room. It's merely a convenience item. 3 sprouting jars. Simply mason jars with nice mesh type of plastic lids. 10lbs of sprouting mix. Two different types. 1 jar of herbal additives 1 jar of what's essentially GSE. Now for sprouts every single day, for all my pet birds (2 greys, 2 macaws, 2 conures, 2 caiques) and not my aviary ones (I sprout bulk for them), it took me 6 months to use up 10lbs of seed/grain. However, if you just buy the sprouting mix, you certainly don't have to buy the hardware! Most people have no inkling of sprouting and thus, I always suggest the sprout tower package for the convenience. What I like is the seed/grain blends themselves. One diet has this: Psittacine: Hulled Sunflower Seed, Whole Yellow Corn, Whole Oat, Brown Rice, Hi Pro Wheat Berry, Whole Green Pea, Garbanzo, Mung Bean, Buckwheat, Millet, Fenugreek, Pumpkin Seed, Sesame Seed, Quinoa, Radish Seed, Mustard Seed, Red Clover Seed. The other sprout diet has this: Triticale, Rice, Millet, Alfalfa, Fenugreek, Buckwheat, Fennel, Flax Seed, Dill Seed, Sesame Seed, Amaranth, Quinoa, Mung Bean, Radish Seed, and Red Clover Seed. I like to buy half and half and mix them, myself. But, there are other sprouting companies, methods and so forth. Use what you like best individually, in my opinion. Just use sprouts! The phytonutrients are SO important in our birds' diets! Hope that clears things up a bit. Yours, Tina<br><br>Post edited by: fofaviary, at: 2009/05/07 03:05 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
judygram Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 Thanks Tina for posting that pic, it was not provided on the site I went to from the link Carol posted, thats probably a good price considering what all you get in the kit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarolandFamily Posted May 7, 2009 Author Share Posted May 7, 2009 Actually it was on there you just had to kinda poke around and get the picture of it lol BUT it's there Thank You Tinaaaaaa.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eckobird Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 My mom also has a sprout kit and she got it for cheap. I don't know what website she got it from but I found the exact same one for $25 in the link below! Its the best thing ever because our birds LOVE sprouts. I swear Ecko could live off sprouts lol. We tried a variety of them already and he loves them all. My vet recommended we start sprouting because it is really good for the birds. Heres the link: http://www.wheatgrasskits.com/sprouting/sprout_garden.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarolandFamily Posted May 7, 2009 Author Share Posted May 7, 2009 Thank You Caitlin! What kind of Sprouts do your babies eat? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
judygram Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 I got my sprouter from Phoenix Landing and it seems to me it was maybe $15, maybe less but it was very reasonable, of course it came with no seeds, just the sprouter itself. Carol I guess I just didn't poke around enough:whistle: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fofaviary Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 Carol, I'll be sending you a well-baby package this month with the hatch certs and DNA and a food sampler of what I have the babies on. I'll enclose 5lbs of mixed sprout seeds for you to practice on. LOL Not to mention some toys and other goodies. And, a TWEEDLE. Every Grey needs a tweedle! *grins* If I can find one of my sprout jars I'm not using, I'll stick that in too. That way you can try it all out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
judygram Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 Now you have my curiosity up, what is a tweedle? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azzie Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 I grew sprouts for Cleo in any old plastic container lined with those cotton wool puffs. Wet 'em down good, sprinkle the soaked seeds on it, cover with cling wrap or whatever you guys call it there, and keep warm! Cleo wasn't fussed on eating them so I abandoned that venture, but the sprouts grew within 3 days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fofaviary Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 This is a tweedle: http://www.greyfeathertoys.com/cgi-bin/quikstore.cgi?store=&search=yes&detail=yes&product=84&category=Toy_Chest_-_Medium_Bird_Toys&keywords=&hits_seen=36&page=search.html&and=&affiliate_id= My Greys go crazy over it, so I stick one in with every Grey baby I raise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarolandFamily Posted May 7, 2009 Author Share Posted May 7, 2009 Oh My Thankkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk Youuuuu TInaaaa not the Twiddle too?? Yippppeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee lol *dancing* Yipppeeee they get toys, sprouts and a Twiddle! Hot Damn! YOU made my year so far!!!!! Mannnnnnnnnnn your the besttttttttttttttt! Azzie- That sounds really cool now whats a cotton wool puff? Is that cotton puffs for us in America? Cause I have never seen a wool one beofre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azzie Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 Hah that language barrier! Cotton wool...cotton puff...cotton ball....white soft fluffy things you take makeup off with...the stuff you put in your ears when they are sore. :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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